British & Irish Lions v Queensland Reds (Saturday, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane) 15. Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland) 14. Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues/Wales) 13. Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers/England) 12. Jonathan Davies (Scarlets/Wales) 11. Tommy Bowe (Ulster/Ireland) 10. Owen Farrell (Saracens/England) 9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers/England) 1. Makovina Vunipola (Saracens/England) 2. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers/England) 3. Matt Stevens […]
Members of the Ireland Women’s Grand Slam winning squad will embark on a Six Nations trophy tour across Ulster next week, hoping to inspire thousands of girls to take up the sport. With a rising interest in the women’s game, the tour will provide opportunities for school children, club members and the wider community to […]
Rory – congratulations on your call up to the British and Irish Lions. After the disappointment of a few weeks ago, how good is it now, to be called up to the squad? It was hard when I didn’t make the initial squad, because it is everyone’s ambition, it is everyone’s ultimate goal to qualify […]
Date Kick off (local time) Kick off (UK and Ireland) Sat June 1 19.30 Barbarians, Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 12.30 Wed June 5 18.00 Western Force, nib Stadium, Perth 11.00 Sat June 8 19.30 Queensland Reds, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 10.30 Tue June 11 19.30 NSW-QLD Country XV, Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 10.30 Sat June 15 […]
Congratulations to the Malone Players selected for the Ireland Summer Tours Many congratulations to the Malone players selected to represent either Ireland or Emerging Ireland in the upcoming Summer tours. Many many congratulations to Tom Court and Chris Henry for their Ireland selection for the upcoming Summer tour to North America and Canada. Also congratulations […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union today (19th May) announced the Senior Ireland squad that will tour the USA and Canada, and the Emerging Ireland squad that will compete in the Tbilisi Cup in Georgia, this summer. The Senior Ireland touring party of 28 players includes six uncapped players – Connacht scrum half Kieran Marmion, Ulster […]
Current British & Irish Lions players Alun Wyn Jones and Alex Cuthbert along with former England captain, Lewis Moody today launched a money-can’t-buy opportunity competition for Britain and Ireland’s ultimate rugby fans. Microsoft’s search engine Bing and airline Qantas have teamed up to send four of the most passionate and patriotic British and Irish rugby […]
The International Rugby Board has announced the appointment of match officials for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Hong Kong and Australia, which begins on June 1 and concludes on July 6. Appointments were made by the IRB Match Official Selection Committee following a comprehensive review of performances during the recent RBS 6 […]
P&O Ferries sponsors International Cycle Race in landmark year P&O Ferries is to title sponsor the Tour of the North International Cycle Race in what will be the 50th edition of the 4-day Easter stage race. The race is likely to be the largest event in the UK & Ireland this Easter and has attracted […]
Thank you for coming to Virginia RFC and we hope you had a great time – if partying the first night until 8am ythe next day its probably safe to say you did and still managed to play a full game of rugby the next two days – Brilliant times @ Virginia with Harrisburg RFC […]